How to Install VLC 3.0 in Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint

VLC (VideoLAN Client) is an open source highly portable Media Player that designed to run various video and audio media files, including mpeg, mpeg-2, mpeg-4, wmv, mp3, dvds, vcds, podcasts, ogg/vorbis, mov, divx, quicktime and streaming of multimedia files from various online networks like Youtube and other network sources.

Recently, VideoLan team announced the major release of VLC 3.0 with some new features, number of improvements and bug fixes.

Installing VLC Media Player in Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint

The recommended way of installing latest VLC 3.0 version on Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint using official VLC PPA repository.

Launch terminal by doing “Ctrl+Alt+T” from the desktop and add a VLC PPA to your system, by running following command.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily

Next, do an update of system local repository index.

$ sudo apt-get update

Once, you’ve done index update, let’s install VLC package.

$ sudo apt-get install vlc

Important: User’s who are using older versions of Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint, can also use above PPA to install/upgrade to latest VLC version, but the PPA only installs or upgrades to whichever latest VLC version available (latest VLC version offered by this PPA is 2.2.7).

So, if you’re looking for more latest version, then consider upgrading your distribution to latest version or use Snap package of VLC, which provides VLC 3.0 stable in snap packaging system as shown.

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Reading package lists… Done
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N: Updating from such a repository can’t be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.